Lead Talent Partner - Product and Engineering
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Job description
Lead Talent Partner owning the strategy and execution for hiring Product Engineers and Design Engineers at Orbital, partnering closely with the CTO. The role focuses on low-volume, high-calibre hiring primarily in the UK, with occasional US roles.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · London, United Kingdom
What you'll do
- Build and own a forward hiring plan with the CTO/COO: forecasting, sequencing, and prioritisation
- Own the hiring plan and reporting in the ATS (e.g. Ashby): req pipeline, stage design, interviewer pools, and metrics
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on market intelligence and compensation benchmarks, org design and team build sequencing, interview plan quality and signal, funnel health and quality indicators
- Design and run a high-touch, always-on engagement and nurture engine for top Product & Design Engineering talent (not tied only to live reqs)
- Partner with leadership and marketing to create standout content and outreach materials (positioning, sequences, technical narratives, proof points, community activity)
- Establish targets (set with the CTO) and report on pipeline health and learning loops: warm pipeline size by discipline/level, engagement rates, nurture to active candidate to offer to accept conversion, competitive intel and drop-off reasons
- Personally own the most senior and business-critical Product Engineering hires (e.g., Staff/Principal/Lead level and key leadership roles)
- Protect the quality bar for assessment, references, and offer calibration; step in on escalations and closing
- Set the operating rhythm: pipeline reviews, prioritisation, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement
What we're looking for
- Scale-up experience: proven track record hiring in a high-growth tech scaleup with high standards and ambiguity
- Deep Product & Design Engineering market immersion: credible, active network in the UK; ideally have run meetups and built communities
- Exec-search level craft: evidence of closing low-volume, very high-calibre engineers via creative, non-standard routes (not just inbound + job boards or LinkedIn)
- Attraction + nurture strategy: built always-on engagement motions that convert exceptional people over time (content, community, referrals, targeted events, high-touch outreach)
- CTO partnership: partnered closely with technical leadership to define quality, design assessment, and calibrate the bar
- Strong written narrative and messaging: can translate a technical story into compelling outreach/materials and collaborate well with marketing
- Data-informed judgement: use metrics as feedback loops for quality and funnel health and can clearly explain what you track and why
Your team
Product Engineering + Design Engineering
Product Engineers are product-minded full-stack engineers who ship end-to-end customer value; Design Engineers are frontend/UI engineers operating at the intersection of design and engineering, with high craft.
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About Orbital
The AI platform for real estate legal work
Orbital is the AI platform for real estate legal work, connecting the legal and physical record to accelerate due diligence, drafting and negotiation, and deal coordination with legal-grade precision. It is built with former practising real estate lawyers and 250+ years of combined legal expertise.
Mission
To make real estate transactions faster, clearer, and less manual.
Key facts
- AI platform for real estate legal work
- Raised a $60m Series B led by Brighton Park Capital
- $75m raised to date
- Trusted by 5,000+ real estate professionals
- Spans UK Magic Circle and US Am Law 100 firms
- Built with former practising real estate lawyers and 250+ years of combined legal expertise
Partners & customers
What they value
- Security is everyone's responsibility
- Committed to building a diverse and inclusive team
- Bold, ambitious team with trust to take ownership